And he left them with the sovereign of Mo'ab, and they dwelt with him all the time that Dawid was in the stronghold.

And the prophet Gad said to Dawid, 'Do not remain in the stronghold. Leave, and go to the land of Yehudah.' So Dawid left and went into the Hereth woods.

Saul Kills the Priests of Nob...

And Sha`ul heard that Dawid and the men who were with him had been discovered, while Sha`ul was in Gib`ah, sitting under a tamarisk tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants standing about him.

And Sha'ul said to his servants who were standing around him, 'Hear now, you Binyamites! Does the son of Yishai give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?

'For all of you have conspired against me, and there is no one who reveals to me that my son has made a covenant with the son of Yishai. And there is not one of you who is grieved for me or reveals to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as it is this day.'

And the sovereign sent someone to call Ahimelek the priest, son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests who were in Nob. And they all came to the sovereign,

and Sha'ul said, 'Hear now, son of Ahitub!' And he answered, 'Here I am, my master.'

And Sha'ul said to him, 'Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Yishai, by giving him bread and a sword, and have inquired of Elohim for him, to rise against me, to lie in wait, as it is this day?'

And Ahimelek answered the sovereign and said, 'And who among all your servants is so trustworthy as Dawid, who is the sovereign's son-in-law, and has turned aside to your counsel, and is esteemed in your house?

'Have I today begun to inquire of Elohim for him? Far be it from me! Let not the sovereign lay a case against his servant, or against any in the house of my father. For your servant knew not of all this, little or much.'

And the sovereign said, 'You shall certainly die, Ahimelek, you and all your father's house!'

The sovereign then said to the guards who stood about him, 'Turn and put the priests of YHWH to death, because their hand also is with Dawid, and because they knew when he fled and did not reveal it to me.' But the servants of the sovereign would not lift their hands to come against the priests of YHWH.

And the sovereign said to Do'eg, 'You turn and come against the priests!' So Do'eg the Edomite turned and came against the priests, and put to death on that day eighty-five men who wore a linen shoulder garment.